They have been responsible for some of the most talked about TV comedies of their generation. Now Chris Morris, the creator of Brass Eye, is joining forces with Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, the writers behind Peep Show.

The trio are working on an as yet untitled project, the details of which are being kept secret. But given their respective track records, any collaboration between the three will be hotly anticipated.

Bain and Armstrong are currently working on the fifth series of Channel 4's Peep Show, while Morris's last TV project was Channel 4 sitcom Nathan Barley.

The Peep Show writers are also working on a second pilot of the show for US TV. The first, for Fox, did not make it into a series and had little involvement from its UK production company, Objective. The second pilot is being made for American cable network, Spike.

Armstrong refused to reveal further details about the project with Morris. "I can't say anything more at the moment. Chris will announce further details when he wants to," he said.

Bain and Armstrong made their big-screen debut earlier this year with Magicians, featuring Peep Show stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Their other writing credits include The Thick of It, That Mitchell and Webb Look for BBC2, and Smack the Pony.

Nathan Barley did not receive the acclaim of Morris's previous work, including Brass Eye, The Day Today, and Jam.

Morris is no stranger to controversy. Jam - based on his original radio show Blue Jam - addressed taboos such as rape, incest, suicide and sadomasochism and in 1999 he co-wrote a series of spoof newspaper columns under the pseudonym Richard Geefe, in which he convinced readers of his intention to commit suicide.

His short film My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, adapted from a Blue Jam monologue about a man led astray by a sinister talking dog, won a Bafta award. He was most recently seen on screen in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, written by Father Ted's Graham Linehan.

Objective was bought by All3Media earlier this month in a deal estimated to be worth up to £50m. The company also makes Channel 4's Star Stories and Derren Brown's TV shows.